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padać.

to fall (to move downwards under the effect of gravity)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpa.dat͡ɕ/
  1. to fall (to move downwards under the effect of gravity)

    imperfective · intransitive
  2. to fall, to be defeated

    imperfective · intransitive
  3. to rain, to snow, to hail

    imperfective · intransitive
    Dziś będzie padało.
  4. to be mentioned, to be brought up, to be asked

    imperfective · intransitive
  5. to die

    imperfective · intransitive
  6. to be very tired

    excessive · imperfective · informal · intransitive
  7. to break (to stop fuctioning)

    colloquial · imperfective · intransitive
  8. to fall to someone's lot

    imperfective · impersonal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *pṓˀstei Proto-Slavic *pàsti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *pàdati Polish padać Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàdati. By surface analysis, paść + -ać.

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